<p style="text-indent:0px; line-height:12px;"><span style="font-weight:bold;line-height:130%"> Washington, D.C.</span><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">By Eric Anderson<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">4.11.13</p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><p>The USDA has announced that Georgia Berry & Vegetable LLC has satisfied a reparation order issued under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act.<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">The company was originally penalized for failure to pay a $17,790 award in favor of a Florida seller.<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">The Sparks, Georgia-based company has met its obligations and is now able to operate in the produce industry. Company members Corey Beverly, Dennis Eller, and Norman Houston may now be employed by or affiliated with any PACA licensee.<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">Once a reparation order is fully satisfied and it is confirmed that there are not any outstanding unpaid awards, USDA lifts the employment restrictions of the previously named, responsibly connected individuals.</p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><p>In the past three years, USDA resolved approximately 5,000 claims filed under the PACA involving almost $96 million.</p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><p><a class="btn btn-sm btn-primary col-lg-12" style="white-space: normal;" href=" http://www.ams.usda.gov/AMSv1.0/" target="_new">AMS </a></p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">
